Package tie



J. L. KOLBE.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATjON FILED JAN.26, l92I- Patented June 6, 1922.

i JOHN L. KOLBE, 01"! GROOKSTQN, MINNESOTA.

PACKAGE TIE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Junefi, 1922."

Application filed January 26, 1921.. Serial No. 440,025. I i

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that JOHN L. KoLBn, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Grookston, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, has invented new and useful Improvements in Package Ties, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, .inexpensiveand eflicient package tie for use in bundling envelopes and like objects and for securing the perpendicularly disposed wrappings and terminals of tie wires and cords used in securing bundles of shipping sacks, bales and like packages to retain the same in compact form for shipping and storing; and with this object in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view of a package tie embodying the invention applied in the operative position to a bundle or stack of mail matter.

Figure 2 is a' detail View of the tie detached.

Figure 3 is an edge view ofthe same.

Figure et is a detailview showing inan enlarged form the relation of the elements by which thefree endof the wrapping cord or element is secured. v

The device which is preferably constructed of'wire or rod, depending upon its size and ultimate purpose, is of generally triangular form produced by the bending of a single length or blank of the material and is pro vided at one angle with means for the attachment of one end of a cord, wire or rope 10, it being understood that in reference hereinafter to a cord it is intended to include any flexible tying means adapted in quality and strength to suit the character of the package to be secured and the material to be retained.

In the construction illustrated the attaching means for the cord consists of the terminals of the blank of wire or like material of which the tie is formed, said terminals,v

thus formed to form a reentrant loop constituting a finger lat of which the sides are in outwardly convergent relation with the adjacent portions of the sides 11 and 13 of the frame. Q

At the angle of the frame between the side 13'and the end 12. the blank is bent to form aree'ntrant 100 15 constituting a retainer and preferably of substantially triangular form with two ofits sides disposed in outwardly convergent relation re spectively with the side and end members 13 and 12 of the frame, so that after the cord has been wrapped a sufficient number of times around the bundle indicated at 16, being intermediately looped in engagement with the finger ltand the retainer 15', the extremity thereof may be engaged with said retainer'by being passedaround and under the same and finally secured by beingpassed between a wrap of the cord and the surface of the bundle as indicated at 17. i

By the arrangement of the cord attaching means, the looping finger and the retainer within the cont-our of the frame of the tie by disposing the extremities of the blank in an inwardly directedposition and forming said finger and retainer by means of reent ant loops of the blank, the possibility of thetie engaging and marring or mutilating adjacent objects such as other packages of mail is minimized and in fact practically eliminated, especially as the engagement of the cord with said elements serves as a means of covering or guarding the same.

Moreover inasmuch as the'looping finger and retainer are formed by means of loops in the blank, withthe angles thereof rounded, the possibility of abrading or mutilating any objects with which they may come in contact is avoided, while the extremities of the blank, constituting the cord attaching means may be and are preferably disposed so close to the lines-0f the adjacent side elements of the frame as to be amply protected thereby.

Moreover 1t will be seen that by reason of the form of the frame with the engaged portions of the cord extending therefrom on lines substantially bisecting the angles of the frame the tendency of any excessive strain applied to the cord is to reduce the angles between the side and end elements of the frame and the reentrantor inwardly directed elements constituting the attaching means, the finger and the retainer, to the end that a more secure engagement of the cord is effected.

To facilitate the engagement of the cord with the finger and retainer in the course of applying the wrapping cord to the bundle, said finger and retainer are slightly offset from the plane of the frame as indicated in Figure 3, and the innermost extremities of the finger and retainer are spaced apart and are offset laterally to afford a space within which a bight of the wrapping cord may be depressed by the thumb of the operators hand in directingthe cord for engagement respectively with said finger and retainer, the operation of wrapping the cord being conducted by the other hand as in the ordinary practice with reference to devices of this general class.

As shown in detail in Figure 4c the fastening of the free end of the wrapping cord or element is primarily eliiected by arranging the side member 15 of the loop 15 in sharply convergent relation with the adjacent side of the triangular frame so that as the cord is drawn down into the space thus provided it is squeezed or transversely compressed with the result that a more or less pronounced bulge or enlargement of the cord is produced at the outer side of the frame as indicated typically at 17 which without further means, such as the further wrapping of the cord around the loop 15 or the engagement of the free end thereof under the body portion of the cord as indicated at 17, is sutficient to prevent the slipping and loosening of the cord. Thus if a bundle is tied hastily and only a single engagement of the cord with the loop 15 is effected, the integrity of the bundle is assured.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A package tie of substantially triangular form consisting of a single blank or length of wire having its extremities in- 1,41s,ses

ardly directed at one angle to form jointly a cord attaching means and having inwardly directed looped portions at the other angles constituting respectively a looping finger and a retainer.

2. A package tie of substantially triangular form consisting oi a single blank or length of wire having its extremities inwardly directed at one angle to form a cord attaching means and having inwardly directed looped portions at the other anglesconstituting respectively a looping finger and a re tainer with the sides thereof respectively in outwardly convergent relation with the adjacent portions of the side members of the device.

3. A package tie of substantially triangular form consisting of a single blank or length of wire having its extremities inwardly directed at one angle to form a cord attaching means and having inwardly directed looped portions at the other angles constituting respectively a looping finger and a retainer with the sides thereof respectively in outwardly convergent relation with the adjacent portions of the sidemembers of the device and offset slightly from the plane thereof.

4-. A. package tie of substantially triangu lar form consisting of a single blank or length of wire having its extremities inwardl directed at one angle to form a cord attacl'iing means and having inwardly directed looped portions at the other angles constituting respectively a looping finger and a retainer with the sides thereof respectively in outwardly convergent relation with the adjacent portions of the side members of the device and offset slightly from the plane thereof with their inner extremities in spaced and laterally oiiset relation.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

JOHN L. Koren 

